This early offering from LZW fits the pattern of their other low-numbered ground sets: fifteen 6" square tiles with identical backgrounds and varying pathways of a different material. The early sets featured fairly cookie-cutter geometries, with exactly [...]

It's not too frequently your adventurers will be wandering upon high cliffs on the top of cold mountains, but, if they are, here's the set for them. The tiles are rather nicely photoshopped, and a less expensive alternative to a "dead tree" set of tiles [...]

This is a set of terrain tiles (6"x6") consisting of what appears to be narrow, rocky pathways that drop off to clouds far below. The actual tiles look like they are photoshopped pictures, so they have a great deal of detail to them, and the 1" grid is [...]

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For printed books, we have performed high-resolution scans of an original hardcopy of the book. We essentially digitally re-master the book. Unfortunately, the resulting quality of these books is not as high. It's the problem of making a copy of a copy. The text is fine for reading, but illustration work starts to run dark, pixellating and/or losing shades of grey. Moiré patterns may develop in photos. We mark clearly which print titles come from scanned image books so that you can make an informed purchase decision about the quality of what you will receive.

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